We, Or Our Nationhood Defined: Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar
Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar, or M. S. Golwalkar, was the second Sarsanghchalak, or supremo, of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the Hindu right-wing cultural organization...
India under threat from the ideology that killed Mahatma Gandhi
The makeover in the image of Nathuram Godse is for everyone to see: from a murderer, a conspirator, terrorist to a ‘martyr’ who supposedly ‘deserves’ a temple in his name everywhere
Hindu Mahasabha rejected the Constitution of India, preferred Manusmriti
'The worst about the new constitution of Bharat is that there is nothing Bharatiya about it. In our constitution there is no mention of the unique constitutional development in ancient Bharat. Manu’s Laws were written long before Lycurgus of Sparta or Solon of Persia. To this day his laws as enunciated in the Manusmriti excite the admiration of the world and elicit spontaneous obedience and conformity. But to our constitutional pundits that means nothing'
Mob attacks Christian pastor, family in Uttarakhand
After a Hindu 'baba' threatened black magic against Christians in the village, all Christian families except the pastor's hurriedly converted to Hinduism. The attack came soon after
Internet ban brought Free Press Kashmir, a news website, to sudden death
On the evening of August 4, 15 ebullient reporters and editors of a web portal in Srinagar were working furiously on keyboards of their...
Origins of the Kashmir Conflict – An Essay
The modern day interpretation of the Kashmir conflict is predominantly an ideological one—Muslims versus Hindus—however, it didn't begin as such. Through power and international...
All-India NRC by 2024, all illegals will be expelled before polls: Amit Shah
Jharkhand Assembly Election 2019: "Today, I want to tell you that before the 2024 polls the NRC will be conducted across the country, and each and every infiltrator identified and expelled," Amit Shah said.
NRC, Assam, and what makes a citizen: Snakes-and-Ladders citizenship guide
Citizenship in Assam is currently in a crisis. The final draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) excluded 19,06,657 people. The Assam government’s...
The greatest threat to Indian security is communal violence, not terrorism
In 1992, I witnessed an Indian soldier hit a pregnant Kashmiri woman with his rifle butt and utter these words: “Get rid of the...
Blood and Soil in Narendra Modi’s India: The New Yorker Report
The Prime Minister’s Hindu-nationalist government has cast two hundred million Muslims as internal enemies
How the Hindu Munnani s Vinayaga Chaturthi to spew venom
"The Christians and Muslims living here, they are not born on this soil. They might have changed their religion. If the ones who have converted say they cannot live here, then they must leave. They should not live here giving any trouble to the Hindus."
Hindu Mahasabha leader celebrates Mahatma Gandhi’s death by shooting him again
Hindu Mahasabha national secretary Shakun Pandey shot at an effigy of Mahatma Gandhi on Wednesday, celebrating 'Martyr's Day' in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh.
A life of Hindu supremacy: In conversation with a Bajrang Dal activist
The author presents a personal, first-person, account of his experience of working with Bajrang Dal activists in Ahmedabad. He attempts to throw light on...
